Definition Quotes

I looked up fairness in the dictionary and it was not there.

misgivings, n.

Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us.
"There are things I miss," you said. "But if I didn't have you, I'd miss more.

Sweater, n. Garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy.

Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

Hash, x. There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.
Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable.
Dictionary, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work.

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!

There are, as we know, powerful and illustrious atheists. At bottom, led back to the truth by their very force, they are not absolutely sure that they are atheists; it is with them only a question of definition, and in any case, if they do not believe in God, being great minds, they prove God.

No one knows for sure about the future. But if you feel reluctant to plan something about it, then someone with guts would define it for you.

NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.

The most satisfactory definition of man from the scientific point of view is probably Man the Tool-maker.

The definition of time is a moment.

People from different cultures have different definitions for beauty. Isn't that sad to judge others with our standards... rather than appreciate them?

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

What is my definition of jazz? 'Safe sex of the highest order.

Where would the end be? Will the idea - the definition - of perfection stay the same? No. Perfection is too fickle. It’s in our nature to never be satisfied. We always think we can do more.

The term bohemian has a bad reputation because it's allied to myriad clichés, but Parisians originally adopted the term, associated with nomadic Gypsies, to describe artists and writers who stayed up all night and ignored the pressures of the industrial world.

You are not defining your purpose - your purpose is defining you.

examination of its own history and of the forms of thought given the name “philosophy” indicates that “philosophy” has itself borne many fundamentally different meanings through the years, and from one school or movement to another.